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1. Who is the Greek hero, the protagonist of Sophocles' eponymous tragedy, who goes mad after being denied the armour of a fallen comrade?
2. In Ludovico Ariosto's romance epic "Orlando Furioso", the titular character loses his mind and goes on a rampage because of something most of us have experienced at least once. What causes Orlando's madness? As the French would say, cherchez la femme!
3. Published in 1966, Jean Rhys's novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" tells the story of the "madwoman in the attic" who appears in which famous 19th-century English novel?
4. Which character in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of The Rings" is driven insane by grief and despair, and tries to kill his son?
5. In which seminal 19th-century Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky would you find a character named Ivan who goes mad during his brother's trial?
6. Which of these great Shakespearean heroines is driven insane by remorse over her actions?
7. What is the title of Sylvia Plath's only novel, whose protagonist struggles with the same mental health issues that plagued the American poet?
8. By what name is Anne Catherick, a mentally disabled young woman, referred to in the eponymous novel by Wilkie Collins, considered one of the earliest examples of detective fiction?
9. What great American horror writer wrote stories such as "At the Mountains of Madness", "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Rats in the Walls", in which one or more characters end up insane?
10. In which late Victorian novel would you find the character of Kurtz, an ivory trader driven mad by his desire for wealth and power? He was masterfully interpreted by Marlon Brando in a film inspired by the novel.
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